VOL. XLIII

No. 24

12-June-2000

LEBANON

Kuwait And Qatar Pledge $27Mn For Lebanon Reconstruction

Kuwait and Qatar have together pledged $27mn to help rebuild southern Lebanon following the end of Israels 22-year occupation of the area, according to a Kuwaiti government announcement and a TV report in Beirut on 29 May. Foreign Minister Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah told reporters that Kuwait would donate $20mn dollars to the reconstruction effort. Meanwhile, Lebanese television, quoting the Qatari...